Sindhi language: Difference between revisions

| speakers        = {{c.|32}} million

| ref              = <ref>30.26 million in Pakistan (2017 census), 1.68 million in India (2011 census).</ref>

| nation          = *{{flag|Pakistan}}<br/>'''{{small|({{flag|Sindh}})}}'''<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url= http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/pols/Currentissue-pdf/Gulshan3.pdf|title=Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict in Pakistan|first=Gulshan |last=Majeed |work=Journal of Political Studies|access-date=December 27, 2013}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://www.languagesgulper.com/eng/Sindhi.html|title=Sindhi|work= The Languages Gulper|access-date=December 27, 2013}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/545670/Sindhi-language |title=Encyclopædia Britannica |encyclopedia= Sindhi Language |access-date=December 29, 2013}}</ref><br/>

'''Sindhi''' ({{small|English pronunciation:}} {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɪ|n|d|i}};<ref>Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student’s Handbook'', Edinburgh</ref> Sindhi: {{lang|sd-Aran|سنڌي}}, {{lang|sd-Deva|सिंधी}}, {{IPA-all|sɪndʱiː|}}<!--less commonly used scripts:{{lang|sd-Zyyy|ਸਿੰਧੀ}},{{script|Khoj|𑈩𑈭𑈴𑈝𑈮}}, {{script|Sind|𑋝𑋡𑋟𑋐𑋢}}-->) is an [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan language]] of the historical [[Sindh]] region in the western part of the [[Indian subcontinent]], spoken by the [[Sindhis|Sindhi people]]. It is the official language of the [[Pakistan]]i province of [[Sindh]].<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/> In [[India]], Sindhi is one of the [[Languages with official status in India|scheduled languages]] officially recognized by the central government, though Sindhi is not an official language of any of the states in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rajbhasha.nic.in/en/languages-included-eighth-schedule-indian-constution |title=Languages Included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constution |publisher=Department of Official Language, [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |access-date=2018-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianmirror.com/languages/sindhi-language.html |title=Sindhi Language, Sindhi Dialects, Sindhi Vocabulary, Sindhi Literature, Sindhi, Language, History of Sindhi language |website=Indian Mirro |access-date=2018-04-09}}</ref> According to the preliminary results of Pakistan's 2017 census, Sindhi is the first language of 30.26 million people, or 14.57% of the country's population.<ref>{{Cite news| title = CCI defers approval of census results until elections | url = https://www.dawn.com/news/1410447|date = 28 May 2018| website = Dawn| access-date = 10 March 2021}} The figure of 30.26 million is calculated from the reported 14.57% for the speakers of Sindhi and the 207.685 million total population of Pakistan.</ref> In India, it was the first language of 1.68 million as of the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|title = 2011 Census tables: C-16, population by mother tongue|website = Census of India Website|url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html|access-date = 4 November 2018}}</ref>